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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Romancing the Shadow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the first duty of a persona?
(a) Exorcism.
(b) Dutifulness.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Existence.

2. What is the name of Sapphira's slave?
(a) Lola.
(b) Amy.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Stephanie.

3. Why does Morrison state that slavery enriches the country's possibilities?
(a) Polarity of talent.
(b) Polarity of virtue.
(c) Polarity of personality.
(d) Polarity of skin color.

4. What does Morrison describe Sapphira and the Slave Girl as being an example of?
(a) Willful critical blindness.
(b) Fulfilling language and lackluster art.
(c) Immediate Africanist presence.
(d) Urgency in American literature.

5. According to Cardinal, what does America plan to slaughter?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Algeria.
(c) United Kingdom.
(d) Iran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second meditation that Morrison suggests an American group offers itself up as a surrogate for?

2. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?

3. What is the white image related to the erasure of, according to Morrison?

4. What type of possibilities does Morrison think slavery enriches in America?

5. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?

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